Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-26

away from the prize boat having more men
at the oars, and soon had left it quarter OF
q mile astern. 1t was now dusk.
Unseen by Conway or Tarr, Pilot T
contrived to loosen the rope round his wrists.
Slipping his hands suddenly out of it, he gave
Conway a violent push, which landed him en-
his back in the bottom of the boat. Then
snatching up his musket he pointed it full at
Tarr's head and, in low but fierce voice, Or
dered him to give up his own gun-unless be
preferred instantly to be shot.
Taken thus at disadvantage, Tarr begged
for his life and delivered up his musket. Be
fore Conway could scramble up the pilot had
possession of both pieces and had leaped into
the stern of the boat, where he stood ready TO
shoot.
Calling Eamesbury back to him, Pilot
T cut the rope from his wrists, and put
ting one Of the muskers in his hands, stationed
him as guard in the stern, ready to fire if
necessary. He then took the forward oar
himself, and ordered Conway and Tarr to
the middle thwart, where they were hidden
to row.
The recapture had been effected without
the least cutlery, and it was now the recreant
pilots plan to capture Palmer's boat. They
accordingly pulled hard, and, after time,
drew up close astern of it; but by this time
it was so dark that no one in the other boat
could have detected the change in the ar
engagements made by the daring pilot. All
three of the Americans had laid their guns
aside and were rowing lejsurely, for they had
had hard row and were rather tired.
Suddenly the rear boat shot alongside
them, and the first thing they knew of the
turn affairs had taken was stentorian shout
from Pilot T, who exclaimed, fercely,
GHeave to- and hand over those guns. or I'll
send ball straight through your head, Ash
Palmer"
Eamesbury was also covering them with
Tarr's musket, and they all three realized
that to move hand for their guns meant
certain death for two Of them.
After an instant of surprised silence, Pal
mer surrendered Internationally and handed
the guns, butt foremost, to Eamesbury who
piled them in the stern of the pilots boat.
The exultant victors then sent Tarr aboard
Palmer's boat to cut the ropes from the hands
Of Dalton and Wildes, who were at once
armed with muskets.
The recapture was now complete.
"What dye think now, Ash Palmerf ex-
claimed Pilot T. "Does my hanging look
to you quite as sure as it did while ago."
Palmer made no reply.
The victors consulted and determined to
take the faster boat-Conway's-and leave
| their late captors to go home in the slow one.
All five OF the Camden men were then ordered
into the latter craft; and Pilot T, stand
ing in the stern of it, had already handed the
last of the five muskets to Eamesbury, who
with Dalton and Wildes were in the fast boat,
| when another most unexpected state of affairs
| happened.
For it suddenly occurred to the three British
| officers that, now they were in possession of
good boat and five guns, they had no fur
ther use for Pilot T, and might as well go
to Eastport without him and save their
| money
Dalton accordingly pushed the boats apart.
The treachery of his late allies suddenly
| dawning upon him, the pilot would have
leaped aboard; but Eamesbury, covering him
| with a musket sternly ordered him to stay
where he was.
"For Gods sake, man, don't leave me here
Ito be hung!" cried the pilot.
"Stay where you are!" commanded Eames-
bury. "a fellow who plays traitor to his own
country might play US trick at any time
We don't want you"
They pushed off and heartlessly left the
pilot to the tender mercies of his own country.
men, who were not long putting the ropes on
his wrists again, being all In very i'll humor
at the failure of their expedition.
"Well, what dye think about it now,
T-p growled Capt Palmer. Don't you
zee that halter little palmer now2'
u see only that have been a fool, replied
the pilot, bitterly.
They took their one prisoner back to Cam
den town and delivered him up to be sent to
Portland to be tried for treason, but were
obliged to endure no end OF chaff from the
| towns folk on account of their misadventure.
Pilot T was tried at Portland, and,
being adjudged guilty, was sentenced to be
| hanged. He was subsequently pardoned,
| however during the outburst of exultation
| and good feeling that followed at the close of
the war.
The three redcoats reached Eastport in
safety.-Atlanta Constitution.
An Itanan scientist, Mario, finds that crimi-
mails are more apt than moral people to he the
descendants Of very yang and very old
parents, in opposition to parents of middle age;
and the same is trne of the insane In a table
| founded On S65 normal men, $50 criminals
and 100 insane, SS per cent. of normal men
were born of parents in the growing period
Of life, C. l per cent. Of parents in maturity,
and "a 8 per cent Of parents who had already
reached the declining period of life SINH
lar percentages for criminals are 1919, Sc. Z and
S2.2, and for the insane, 10, 40 and $50.
The same writer also finds that the bodily
temperature of criminals is slightly higher
than that of normal persons, being about
37.07 dogs. C. IN thirty cases which he ex-
| amined
A description of Constantinople would be